Doug jones actor controversy9/15/2023 ![]() ![]() It turns out though that we hit it off because he loves monsters, and he is like an 8-year-old fanboy inside his own roly-poly jolly self. And that was being directed by Guillermo del Toro, his first American studio film. Can you come down? We’re doing some re-shoots for this movie called Mimic.” Which at the time meant nothing to me, but sure, I needed the work. ![]() I got a phone call one day from a guy who said, “We’re doing a night shoot tonight. Because the specialty of wearing monster suits and creature makeups, the creature effects makeup designers, they’re the ones that design these looks and then say, “Oh you know who would be perfect to play that would be a guy named Doug Jones.” So that’s kind of how the referral process has made my career happen. Mimic (1997)-“Long John #2” DJ: That was my first experience with Guillermo del Toro. My face has been out there, just in smaller projects. I just finished a cop drama where I played a detective. So I’m tickled pink about that whole experience. We’re now streaming on Netflix, and DVDs are out there and they’re selling well, and it did the festival circuit with tons of awards, including a Best Actor award for me at the Strasbourg Festival in France. ![]() Once he finished film school here in L.A., he went home to Indiana-we have that in common, we both come from Indiana-and he started writing My Name Is Jerry to make his first feature film. So to do that with my own face and a jacket and acting like I was smart was great fun for me.ĪVC: Folks like Boris Karloff who got really associated with heavily made up roles were always concerned about people thinking of them as only being able to act through makeup. So I was one of those psychiatrists, which was kind of a fun cameo for me to do outside of rubber makeup that I’m known for, the prosthetic-makeup roles. It’s a terrifying story, and every so often they go off to an interview clip with a psychiatrist talking about the mind of a serial killer, and what makes him do what he does. There’s a back-story to it: His wife did him wrong, so he’s gone nuts now, and there’s a girl who looks like his wife that he’s kidnapped. So here’s this gruesome story that’s going along about a guy who chops up people and then serves them in his diner to other people without them knowing about it. I’m one of two psychologists, or psychiatrists, that are interviewed. They shot me all in one day, and then used my bits sprinkled throughout. I didn’t know as much about the film as I should, because I was a cameo in the film. Albert” DJ: I think it went straight to DVD with a healthy following so far. I’m surprised how many commercials and sitcoms and movies have a need for, “We just need something to come by the camera that’s really weird.” They call Doug Jones.Ĭyrus: Mind Of A Serial Killer (2010)-“Dr. It became one of those things where my early agents knew that I had that ability, so I was sent out for a lot of auditions for commercials and TV shows that one might need a funny, “tah dah!” “Oh look, he can put his head… huh.” So that’s kind of how that happened. I am kind of a freak of nature who has loose joints, and I was able to put my legs behind my head, and it looked weird to people when I was a kid, so I kept doing it. I ended up being on the movie for over two months during the shoot, and had just a ball, and a big studio experience that got me on my way.ĪVC: How did you get into the circus contortionist stuff?ĭJ: Well, the contorting thing, I never got into it. So why don’t you go visit our casting office in the next building over?” I’m like, “Wh-wha-what part? I thought I was here for a sight gag.” Turns out there was a scripted part for a character named “Thin Clown,” who was partnered up with a “fat clown” in the Red Triangle Circus Gang as these sidekicks. They come back in the room, and Tim says, “Great, you got the part then. So Tim goes, “That’s great, stay here, we’re going to go talk about you in the other room, and then we’ll get back in a second.” So of course they leave the room, and I’m sitting there quietly, my heart pounding, like, “What are they talking about?” So I wet myself, and he says, “Yeah, this is our director, Tim, and why don’t you do for him what you just did for me?” So “wakka wakka yada, yada yada yada.” I did my whole legs behind arms thing. They invite me to come in meet them, meet the stunt coordinator, and I bend up for him, put my legs behind the head, and do a little thing with my arms, and “wakka wakka yada, yada yada yada.” And he’s like, “Wow, that’s great, Doug, why don’t you stay right here, and I want you to meet somebody.” So he goes out of the room and comes in back with Tim Burton. Bob was just referring me as a sight gag on a day or two of filming, and then they should be done. He wanted me to come in and show him my contorting bits and see if there was anything he could do with me. ![]()
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